Articles Posted in the Kinder Apps Category

On the Episode #7 of GeekSLP TV recorded in 2010, I talked about my favorite computer game for promoting language skills: The Sims. Since then, EA Games has released the iPad version of the game called Sims Free Play. I have played the game a few times, and despite the fact that it is not […]

It is no secret, I have never been a crafty person. During my days in graduate school I struggled a lot with the fact that many of my peers were able to spend hours creating these amazing therapy activities with glue and various types of paper. Yes, I did question my ability to become a […]

I am back in Texas from my presentation at the MSHA convention ( Thanks MSHA for the invitation). I had such as great time attending the MSHA convention. This was a different convention experience, especially from the TSHA convention that I am so used to attending. MSHA organized several activities that I wish other […]

Hello world! Today I bring good news… my new app, Custom Boards is now available on the app store. Over the last 8 months, my team and I have been working on a dear project of mine called “Smarty Symbols“. Smarty Symbols is a contemporary symbol library with 12 thousand symbols. Now, we have been […]

One more app developed by Smarty Ears Apps: now an interactive app with scenes and characters that targets vocabulary, prepositions and following directions. As always it will be the SLP with their infinite creativity who will lead the learning process. App name: House of Learning App current price: $5.99 ( prices change are possible) Compatibility: […]

As a speech-language pathologist, I cannot even start counting the number of hours I spent analyzing the words produced by children to try to figure out the patterns in the errors of their speech. School districts many times require the determination of the presence of a disorder, which many times is attached to a score […]

Opportunities for teaching and learning are everywhere. Language is also everywhere. Given this scenario, it drives me crazy when I hear someone say: “this is a horrible tool”; “I don’t know how this could be used for teaching”,or “this is just a game”. I have always been an advocate to the fact that a good […]

Smart Oral Motor is a cute application designed to help children practice their oral motor skills which are impaired in many children with communication disorders such as Down Syndrome or Apraxia of Speech. We already have plenty of apps with static images, right? It was time for something cute and entertaining for practicing oral motor […]

It was a pleasure to get to meet Poorani! The best thing about making this video podcast is getting to interact with people that are creating so many great products for us. I am sure all of you already love Speech with Milo- now it is time to get to know its creator. In […]